This is what I want to open people's eyes to.' When you figure out that person out there is not smarter than you yet that person is doing great things, you will see that you can, too. Unlike what might initially come to mind when reading the title, the reference to an AK 47 riffle represents 'power and knowledge,' says G. Similarly, his latest project, AK47Boyz, hopes to motivate and inspire. it's empowerment for those that don't think they can make it and come from nothing.' With a bigger machine to help him spread his message of optimism and promise, and motivated by his vastly growing popularity, King Lil G created the Sucio (Spanish for 'dirty') Movement, which, in his own words, is 'a positive movement that has to do with freedom and not being afraid to accomplish and do things.

It was this very appeal that made Lil G a hot commodity to labels and, as a result, in 2012 he was scouted by and signed a joint venture deal with MIH Entertainment. He made the hopeless feel hopeful and the grittiest of gang banger feel like today was a better day, maybe even good enough to put the gun down and seek a different path, a more positive one, much like G did. His fans came in a myriad of colors and shapes, from Mexicans to Whites to Blacks and others, and his word began to make its round and stick with even the unlikeliest of listener. Today, he's selling out performances around the country. He began performing locally while quietly building an army of fans across the country. With this goal in mind, Lil G compiled a slew of his best music and released it via the mixtape Blue Devil 2 in 2011CK, followed by his second release, King Enemy, in 2012CK, and before he knew it, he had gained a sizable viral buzz and hardcore, loyal fan base (currently he has over 43k+ followers on Twitter, over 359k+ likes on Facebook, 192k+ subscribers to his YouTube channel and 301k+ followers on Instagram).

'The ones that can get help but don't have money and parents don't know a way to help them out. not just the kids that aren't healthy, but how about kids that have no hope?' G explains. 'There are so many things I want to do, but to begin with I want to do a lot of things for kids. Furthermore, if he can use his platform, however small or big it may be, to help others, then that's exactly what he plans to do. His mentality was, and continues to be, if he can make it so can anyone. It taught me a lot about friends, women and family.'Īnd, in the bigger scheme of things, G hoped to inspire others to stray away from committing some of the same mistakes he made and instead strive to achieve their goals and dreams, just as he was attempting to do then. inspired me to write a lot of the songs I write now. 'I also started reading, including a book called Quotationary (Leonard Roy Frank). 'I wanted to rap about the struggle - real street stuff that I was going through,' says King Lil G of his gangster hip-hop sound. Dre, among others, as well as Mexican folk ballads called corridos music and the passion and emotion of one of his all-time favorites, Tupac. Additionally, he was influenced by the G-funk flavor of 90s West Coast rap about women, weed and palm trees, especially that of California hip-hop staples Snoop Dogg, Too $hort and Dr. With no formal training or music background, he began to self-teach and, as a result, master the art of storytelling in its most raw, honest and simplest form of wordsmithing. Inspired by his own struggles, trials and tribulations that had shaped him, G looked no further than his own life for material. But G didn't let the imprisonment discourage him, instead, he used the time to reflect, finding solace in writing rhymes. Soon enough, gang activity would catch up with him, landing him in Juvenile Hall and then house arrest. But beyond his troubled past and rough exterior, G is a true artist with a message of HOPE.īorn and raised in Los Angeles, California by his single Mexican mother, King Lil G turned to the streets shortly after his parents divorced when he was 12. He's been involved in gangs, he's been arrested and served time, he fathered a child before adulthood, he dropped out of school and, to match his record, his body is covered in tattoos.

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